Paris Olympics Artistic Swimming Duet Results: Japan is 8th, without a medal for the first time in 2 Games |

A duet performed by two people competes based on the total score of two performances: a technical routine and a free routine.

After completing their technical routine, the pair of Higa and Sato, who came into the performance in 6th place but with a 10-point gap to 2nd-placed Austria and in a position to aim for a medal, two consecutive lifts from the start. .

However, in the final stages of the competition, mistakes were made in continuous footwork, and the skills were not tested, resulting in Japan receiving a score of 249.7271, the 10th highest score.

She placed 8th in the technical routine and free routine with a score of 507.0804, and did not win a medal for the first time in two competitions.

China won the gold medal with a total score of 566.4783, and although they had the fourth highest score in the free routine, they escaped with a high score in the technical routine.

In artistic swimming, Russian teams have dominated the gold medals in both “team” and “duet” competitions in the six consecutive competitions, but this year, Russian teams are not participating in this event. The silver medal went to Great Britain, and the bronze medal went to Holland.